No core dump written after kernel update

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

Situation

kdump is configured and started

# /bin/systemctl status kdump.service
 kdump.service - Load kdump kernel and initrd
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/kdump.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (exited) since Tue 2023-01-01 00:00:47 UTC; 3min 52s ago
    Process: 1234 ExecStart=/lib/kdump/load.sh --update (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 1234 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Jan 01 00:00:46 linux-test-server systemd[1]: Starting Load kdump kernel and initrd...
Jan 01 00:00:47 linux-test-server systemd[1]: Finished Load kdump kernel and initrd.

System got updated to:

kernel 5.3.18-150300.59.106

Resolution

Fixed in kernel version 5.3.18-150300.59.112

Cause

Following error message can be found in dmesg output:

[  259.740743] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffffc8

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